Evaluation of the efficiency and complications of the consecutive proning in COVID-19 ICU: a retrospective study.

Purpose: We aimed to evaluate and compare the efficacy and complications of three consecutive prone positions (PP) in COVID-19 ICU.

Materials And Method: Patients with ARDS and placed in PP for 3 times (PP1, PP2, PP3) consecutively were included. Arterial blood gases (ABG), partial pressure of arterial oxygen/fraction of inspired oxygen (PaO/FiO) ratios, partial pressure of carbondioxide (PaCO), PEEP, and FiO were recorded before (bPP), during (dPP), and after (aPP) every prone positioning.

Desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma: case report.

Desmoplastic infantile gangliogliomas are very rarely encountered, large supratentorial masses, derived from neuroepithelial origin, which have cystic and solid components and contain cells with astrocytic and ganglionic differentiation. These tumors are benign tumors of childhood that become symptomatic when they reach giant sizes. Sixty cases of desmoplastic ganglioglioma have been reported to date.

Third metatarsal brown tumor with secondary hyperparathyroidism: an atypical localization.

Brown tumors represent the terminal stage of the remodeling process during primary or secondary hyperparathyroidism. We report the first case of brown tumor on the third metatarsal associated with secondary hyperparathyroidism caused by vitamin D deficiency. Radiography showed an expansile tissue mass in the third metatarsal bone.

Decreased thymus size in full-term newborn infants of smoking mothers.

Background: Prenatal exposure to tobacco can have significant effects on infants. The objective was to investigate whether maternal smoking affects the size of the thymus.

Material/methods: A group of 50 pregnant women who smoked throughout pregnancy and a control group of 92 non-smoking pregnant women were studied.

Initial temporary misdiagnosis of bronchiectasis following pumpkin seed aspiration.

Undiagnosed and retained foreign bodies may result in serious complications such as pneumonia, atelectasis, or bronchiectasis. In this report, the authors present a rare case of temporary bronchiectasis of the left lung due to a long-standing retained foreign body in a child. Interestingly, the whole left lung was affected due to the check valve type of obstruction of the main bronchus.

Intradural herniation of intervertebral disc at the level of Lumbar 1-Lumbar 2.

Intradural disc herniation is a serious and rare complication of intervertebral disc rupture. The preoperative diagnosis of intradural disc herniation is still difficult despite new neuroradiologic investigation possibilities including computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging and it is usually diagnosed by during surgery. Here we present an intradural disc herniation case at the level of L1-L2 with accompanying significant myelopathic neurologic deficits.

Tuberculous sacro-ileitis: two cases and radiological findings.

Infective sacro-ileitis is due to common bacteria, 25% being tuberculosis and 10% brucellosis. Slow progression characterizes joint tuberculosis, an uncommon variant of this disease. The onset is usually insidious, and early diagnosis requires a high index of clinical suspicion.

Recurrent pulmonary microemboli secondary to primary cardiac hydatidosis.

Primary cardiac hydatid cysts are rarely diagnosed and seldom rupture to lungs via pulmonary vein resulting in multifocal cystic lesions. We report a rare instance of an interventricular hydatid cyst. A 19-year-old patient was admitted with dyspnea and multiple homogenous opacities with different sizes in his chest X-ray and contrast enhanced thorax computed tomography.

Change of nitric oxide concentration in men exposed to a 1.5 T constant magnetic field.

This study was carried out in order to determine nitric oxide (NO) production immediately after a 1.5 T magnetic field 30 min exposure to an experimental group, comprising 33 healthy young male volunteers aged 18-26 years old. In addition, a control group, comprising 30 healthy male volunteers aged 19-26 years old, was not exposed to the magnetic field and their NO levels were also measured.

Risk factors associated with gallstone and biliary sludge formation during pregnancy.

Aim: To define the risk factors in gallstone and sludge formation, and to investigate the incidence of gallstone and biliary sludge formation during pregnancy in a group of healthy pregnant women.

Methods: Sixty-nine healthy pregnant women in early gestation and 28 nulliparous healthy controls were enrolled. Gallbladder volumes, gallbladder ejection fraction (GBEF), serum triglyceride and cholesterol levels were determined in both groups.

[The efficacy of botulinum toxin-A in the treatment of hypersalivation in children with cerebral palsy].

Objectives: We evaluated the efficacy of botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) injection into the submandibular salivary gland to decrease hypersalivation in children with cerebral palsy (CP).

Patients And Methods: Three children (1 girl, 2 boys; mean age 10; range 7 to 13 years) with CP received BTX-A injections. Due to hypersalivation, two patients dirtied 50 napkins and 5-6 pieces of clothes daily, and one patient dirtied 100 napkins and 8-9 pieces of clothes.

Comparison of brucella and non-specific epididymorchitis: gray scale and color Doppler ultrasonographic features.

Objective: The aim of this study is to find out if it is possible to differentiate between brucellar and non-specific epididymorchitis by comparing ultrasonography (US) and color Doppler ultrasonography (CDUS) findings.

Material And Methods: Fifty-six patients diagnosed to have epididymorchitis both clinically and ultrasonographically were included to study. All of the patients were investigated serologically for brucella.

Anteversion of the acetabulum and femoral neck in early walking age patients with developmental dysplasia of the hip.

Computed tomography measurements were made to quantify the relationship between the anteversion of the acetabulum and femoral neck in 27 early walking age patients (age range; 18-48 months) with developmental dysplasia of the hip. The centre-edge angle and acetabular index were measured in standard pelvis radiographs, and anteversion of acetabulum and femoral neck were measured by use of two-dimensional computed tomography in 25 complete dislocated, 19 subluxated and 10 unaffected hips (a total of 54 hips). The diagnosis of dysplasia, subluxation and complete dislocation of developmental hip dysplasia were determined radiographically using Ishida's criteria.

Audiological findings in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease. The aim of this investigation was to study the relationship between AS and hearing loss. This study compared 28 patients with AS with 23 age-matched controls.

Late ultrasonographic findings in cases operated for hydatid cyst of the liver.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate and present the images due to surgical intervention and to recurrences in patients who had been operated for hydatid cyst of the liver at least 12 months prior to the imaging process.

Material And Methods: A total of 77 patients (46 females, 31 males) with a mean age of 38 years (10-60 years) who had undergone surgical intervention for hydatid cyst of the liver were included in this study. The type and the number of operations were determined by reviewing previous medical records of the patients.

Aplasia of the pubic bone in conjunction with hip dislocation.

We describe here unilateral left hip dislocation in a 2-year-old child in conjunction with ipsilateral absence of the pubic bone. He was admitted to our hospital at 1 year of age and diagnosed with teratogenic dislocation of the left hip, aplasia of the left pubic bone, an undescended palpable left testicle and hypospadias. We performed open reduction through an anterior approach with preliminary skin traction for 1 week and spica cast for 3 months.

Pneumatization of the inferior turbinates: incidence and radiologic appearance.

Objective: The objective of this work was to determine the incidence and radiologic appearance of pneumatized inferior turbinates (PITs).

Methods: Pneumatized inferior turbinates were investigated among 2500 consecutive cases with coronal paranasal sinus computed tomography (CT) scans that were performed for different reasons between 2000 and 2004.

Results: Ten new PIT cases diagnosed with CT were identified.

[Plasental chorioangioma (case report)].

Placental chorioangioma is the most common benign tumor of placenta, encountered in approximately 1% of all pregnancies. Clinical manifestations are rare and usually associated with tumors greater than 5 cm in diameter. They include polyhydramnios, congestive heart failure, anemia, prematurity, growth retardation, and intrauterine fetal death.

[Macrodystrophia lipomatosa: a case report].

Macrodystrophia lipomatosa is a rare form of congenital localized gigantism. A forty-year-old male patient presented with complaints of swelling and deformity in the right toe and difficulty in wearing shoes. Conventional radiographic examination, ultrasonography, and computed tomography showed dorsal and medial deviations in the right toe, hypertrophy and degeneration in bone structure, increased density in the medullary bone, and a lipomatous mass with infiltration to the adjacent soft tissue muscles.

[Digital cameras: a practical solution for radiologists (review)].

Because of the developing technology in computers and internet, the need for creating the digital images and transmission of radiographic images over the internet is increasing. With their improved quality and decreasing price, digital cameras are increasingly attractive for radiologists. In medicine they have already found a place in making a decision by allowing transmission of radiographic images over the internet and archiving of radiological images for personal collections, teaching and publications.

Congenital nasolacrimal duct occlusion with clinical anophthalmos: a possible new association.

Purpose: To report the association of congenital nasolacrimal duct occlusion and clinical anophthalmos in an eight-year-old girl.

Methods: A case report. The patient suffered from epiphora and clinical anophthalmos on the right side since birth.